Video ; @samsa

[enucleation]

[ it's a video! And Kaneki is at what looks exactly like a morgue because he is at a morgue. To the left there is a dead person, and he will talk about it in a moment. To the right, his cursed doll is sitting at a table, immobile this time; she had a bit of a makeover ever since arriving to Serthica. Currently he is wearing a white coat, just like a doctor would (spoiler alert: he is not a doctor)]

Good evening, I hope everyone has settled in, in this... steam-punk city. [ a pause ] I feel like we might go through every literary genre at this point.

Anyway - [ Kaneki rises some papers he will be reading from as he approaches the dead body ] I was given a job as a mortician. [ how fitting ] and I can tell you a little bit about what I have seen here.

There is some sort of affliction, even in healthy looking bodies. A rot - [ and that's when he shows the dead body up close. There is a rotting look to it, green and festering, inside the abdomen ] It shows in abdomen and muscles. Also, the bodies decompose at a strange rate. None of them seem to follow a normal human pattern for decomposition, some too slow or some too fast. Honestly, I'm not a doctor so I only know what I read in medical books, but I haven't found information on this. [ he puts the papers away and walks away from the body ]

Lastly, during that eventful summit, some of the delegates started acting weird when Minaras rose. I can't put my finger on it, but there was a strange smell. They smelled human, they are human. But- [ he pauses, frowning a little. How is he supposed to describe a scent? ] It was just not normal. There are others in this city that smell like that, some of the bodies that arrive here, too. It's not everywhere but it's--

I can't recognize it. And no, the rotting bodies are unrelated to that smell, I have checked.

So, this is the information I currently have. If anyone has anything to add, I'd love to hear it.

Comments

[enucleation]

Even the ones that have rotted away?

[downswing]

Have not seen the dead deeply decomposed.

Only, at the summit.

[enucleation]

They do rot. I am not able to see them spiritually, but if you do wish to have a look at the bodies we have in the morgue, you are welcome to.

I'm certain I can slip you inside.

[downswing]

Without harm to you?

[enucleation]

[ he can't be sure of that! But-- ]

I'm certain I will not be killed for bringing someone to my workplace.

[downswing]

Leave doors ajar. You will not be incriminated.

[enucleation]

[...]

You don't have to worry about me, Wangji-san.

[downswing]

Do I not?

[enucleation]

I'm not something to worry about.

[ a pause follows before Kaneki sends another text]

I think it's easier if you remember that I'm a monster. You will feel less attachment.

[downswing]

Care for your own emotions.

[enucleation]

Don't I have a say in this? It involves me, after all.

[downswing]

Men do not choose how they are known.

[enucleation]

Why do you bother with me?

Is this pity?

[downswing]

Of this, seldom accused.

[enucleation]

[ .............. ]

I don't understand you at all.

[downswing]

Of this, oft accused.

[enucleation]

You could try to be less confusing, you know?

[downswing]

( Well, then. )


Perhaps we meet at halfpoint.

[enucleation]

Such as?

[downswing]

Learn me as I learn you.

[enucleation]

Learn you?

You want to be friends.

[downswing]

...perhaps.

wow i sure never got the notif for this tag i apologize

[enucleation]

[ ......... ]

Alright. We can be friends then, Wangji-san.

on your knees!!!!!!!1

[downswing]

Do not presume.

[enucleation]

You approached me. I can only presume it is friendship now.